The construction workers of Border Roads Organisation camp were engaged in work on the border area of Mana village. ITBP and Army personnel engaged in rescue operation, says CM Dhami.
The Uttarakhand government implemented the Uniform Civil Code on 27 January in a bid to regulate live-in relationships through a compulsory registration process.
The draft law has also capped size of land for residential purposes at 250 sq metres per family. Proposed legislation to be tabled in ongoing Budget Session of the Assembly.
State’s ex-chief secretary Shatrughan Singh asserts law has ‘no intention to look into bedroom’ and safeguards would ensure live-in couples from elsewhere came to Uttarakhand for safety.
Four-term ex-MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion was arrested Sunday by Uttarakhand police for opening fire outside residence of Umesh Kumar, Independent MLA from Khanpur, in Roorkee.
Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala & Tamil Nadu are assessing the 'carrying capacity' of hill cities, aiming to find out the maximum population they can sustain.
A decade of landslides have birthed as many as six lakes in Uttarakhand in the last decade. For the first time, a team of scientists from institutes are surveying them.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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